Shamai Haber (born February 15, 1922,
Łódź,
Poland) was a sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France. He died in 1995 in Paris.
Biography
Haber was born in Łódź, Poland in 1922 but emigrated in 1935. He first went to
Luxembourg and then to Israel. While in
Tel Aviv he attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He studied with
Moshe Sternschuss. In 1949 he moved to Paris.
He was a sculptor and from the 1960s he worked with massive stone and concrete blocks. His sculptures were often used in public parks and fountains. In 1965 he worked with
Yitzhak Danziger to create a sculpture at entrance to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem which was the largest sculpture ever erected in Israel.[1] In 1988 he created his best known work, the fountain 'Le Creuset du temps' in the
Place de Catalogne in Paris near his studio. In 1959 he received the Prize for sculpture of Anton Bourdelle.[2]
Shamaï Haber died in Paris in 1995 and was buried at the
Montparnasse cemetery (8e division, ligne 13 ouest, tombe 7 Sud)[3]
Monument commémoratif de la prison du Cherche-Midi, 1973, sculpture, next to the
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme located 38, rue du Cherche-Midi / 54, boulevard Raspail, 6e arrondissement, Paris[6]
^Martine Franck : The sculptor Haber installing one of his works on the boulevard Raspail in Paris, black and white photograph on Magnum Photos (
online on pro.magnumphotos.com).